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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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2004 2016 Emissions California 225

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APRIL 7, 2018

million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40-foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006. The average age of BBB’s current fleet is less than 7 years old, outpacing an industry best practice of 8.5 Earlier post.). —Ed King, Director of Transit Services.

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Fleet Engine Los Angeles Gas-Electric 199

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Weighted over the entire 5-mode ICOMIA (International Council of Marine Industry Associations) duty cycle, the gross indicated thermal efficiency is 36.3%; brake thermal efficiency is 25.5%; and brake specific NO x is 2.46 —Faiz and Gautam (2004). Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. ASME ICEF2012-92047). 2004.003891.

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

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JUNE 22, 2011

The American Airlines 737-800, and a twin-aisle airplane that will be announced at a later date, are serving as the flight test component for the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Continuous Lower Energy Emissions Noise ( CLEEN ) program, along with other technologies developed by Boeing and other industry partners.

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Emissions Fuel Alternative Fuels 2010 191

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JUNE 25, 2010

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $125 million in five separate contracts to Boeing, General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce-North America to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce commercial jet fuel consumption, emissions and noise. General Electric. Earlier post.).

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Engine Fuel Renewable Companies 170

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

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Prius Plug-in Gasoline-Electric Plug 100

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244